Uzumaki Naruto was an unfortunate soul who happened to be born during the Kyuubi Attack. Naruto is now watched over by Sakura's dad, an ex-nin and a store owner. With the help of a mere E-ranked jutsu and one tragic accident, Uzumaki Naruto goes from defenseless victim to one of the most powerful ninja in history. This unlucky turn of events turns out to be the big, fat, ugly snowball that started an avalanche of pain, death, and even slavery. Dark!Powerful!Naruto and Dark!Powerful!Sakura. I'm not a big fan of Sakura, but I will be after what I do to her…. with Naruto's bloodline. Heh heh

The Sandaime was lucky if he could find a reliable nanny, so most of the time he merely sent provisions and money, along with ANBU to watch over him from afar. Now he had finally found the perfect candidate: the head of the weak, small near civilian clan, the Haruno clan. This was perfect, because as a shinobi, even if he was just an ex-nin, he would understand that Naruto was not the demon, and hopefully civilians would warm up to him as a head of a civilian clan would have taken him under his wing. The Haruno clan was mostly a civilian clan who produced very weak, below average ninja. The head was the exception, who had freakish strength and was an excellent taijutsu user. He was one of Maito Gai's rookie teammates, and had a very unique taijutsu style, which was VERY well suited for killing. The Sandaime wondered why he would quit with his talents. He insists he got bored, but many are skeptical; one does not grow bored in the shinobi lifestyle. But enough about that, thought the Sandaime. He is trustworthy; He will watch over Naruto and Naruto will 'work' for him, while he teaches Naruto everything he knows...

The next day, The Sandaime spoke to Naruto about what he would do now to stop the beatings and to learn more shinobi arts.

"So, so I'll go with Haruno-san and then…. Uh, what happens again?"

"He will teach you how to defend yourself and everything he knows about being a first-rate shinobi."

"AWESOME! I'll become the best and then all the villagers will see that I am someone to respect! I can't wait, old man! WHERE IS HEEEE…."

Haruno Sakumo watched Naruto's antics amusedly, until he decided to reveal himself.

"Heeeey, you must be Naruto. I am the GREAT! MIGHTY! HARUNO SAKUMO!!" Ok, so being Gai's teammate had left a mark. Naruto just stared.

"What? Do I have something on my face?"

"No…. but the entrance was really lame. No whirlwind, fire, lightning, not even a lousy poof of smoke! Frankly, I'm not impressed," Naruto deadpanned.

Sakumo sighed.

"It's not the flashy jutsu that makes a shinobi powerful. In fact, the appearance of flashy jutsu usually indicates a wannabe shinobi or kunoichi trying to impress someone. The basics work just fine at times. After all, you didn't sense me all this time when I hid myself in this room, right? I could have very easily killed you. But if I did a shunshin to come in, you would have instantly known someone entered the room. See?"

"Ok, ok, but anyways, no one's gonna kill you here! You could have impressed me, you know. AND, I did sense your sorry behind!"

"Sure, sure, kid. But don't brag and don't claim that you can do something that you can't do. It could kill you one day."

"I'm telling you I did!" protested Naruto. "After all, I can escape ANBU! I'm a master of stealth and sensory skills! For example, there is a weird orange book in your desk old man. I see only men reading-"

"THANK YOU Naruto! We believe you." The Sandaime cut Naruto off a little too late.

"Woah, Hokage-sama! You actually 'read' that stuff?" asked Sakumo with his eyebrow raised.

"NO ONE WILL HEAR OF THIS INCIDENT! UNDERSTAND?!" shouted the Sandaime, a vast, choking killer intent filling the room. Unfazed, Naruto and Sakumo leisurely agreed and left.

"Ok Naruto, you are now officially my apprentice. Your first task is to…" Here, Sakumo paused dramatically, allowing time for Naruto's imagination to run wild.

"Protect someone of importance?! Infiltrate a highly guarded enemy base?! Maybe even-"

"You will make explosive tags for me." Sakumo cut Naruto off cheerfully.

Naruto sighed.

"How do you make them?" He said resignedly and thinking his chances of becoming hokage were near 0 now.

"Simple. You take one hand and spread your fingers like so, then focus chakra and say, Bakuretsufuu, And voila, a perfectly good explosive tag! Let's go meet the family, shall we?"

He dragged Naruto around the house.

"There is my lovely wife. You can call her old woman." Ignoring her playful glare he went on. "There is my daughter, Sakura. She's your age so you can play in your free time!"

Naruto nodded. "I'll go work now then." After working for a few hours and getting the hang of the jutsu, he decided that was enough work for today'

"Lazy ass…"

"Don't think you have the right to insult anyone, Demon."

Naruto twirled around. There were several drunks. They looked strong too. Naruto broke into a run, but unfortunately he never fully explored this part of Konoha and was soon cornered in an alley.

"Right where we want you!" the drunks exclaimed gleefully. They produced broken bottles and pipes from places where Naruto preferred not to think about. As soon as one grabbed him, they threw him to the ground and started stabbing and beating him. Naruto was frustrated. 'I thought I would no longer be attacked! I see that's not the case,' he thought. In his anger, he reached out and grabbed the closest man's arm and shouted," BAKURETSUFUU!" The man snickered.

"Ooh, a tattoo. I'm so-"

His arm blew off, effectively shutting him up.

"ACK! STUPID DEMON!"

"I AM NOT A DEMON!" Naruto roared. He reached again, this time for the throat, and killed the man with another Bakuretsufuu.

"H-he's not human! The Kyuubi is taking over!"

"You say I am the Kyuubi, and yet when I retaliate you say the Kyuubi is taking over. Which implies I am not a demon, but a human. Interesting, don't you think? WHICH IS IT?" Without waiting for an answer, who rushed pass them, applying Bakuretsufuu on the men at… various places. All died very, very painfully.

Naruto stumbled back, panting. "That'll teach…. Them to… pant mess with me." Then he realized that he had killed five men in anger. Naruto stepped back, shuddered, but then he thought to himself, 'they were going to kill me. In this sad world, especially in the life of a shinobi, it's kill or be killed. I should be thankful I learned this now, instead of freezing up later on a life or death mission."

PROLOGUE END!